Rt. Rev. Walter Howard Frere, CR
1863-1938
Newspaper photo of Walter Frere at his consecration as the Bishop of Truro. Photo taken in Westminster Abbey
Newspaper photo of Walter Frere at his consecration as the Bishop of Truro. Photo taken in Westminster Abbey. Photo credit: The Leeds Mercury/Wikipedia ~ 1 Nov. 1923

Malines Conversations (Member, 1921-1927)

Walter Howard Frere, CR was a co-founder of the Anglican religious order the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and Bishop of Truro (1923-1935). He was a member of the Anglican delegation to the Malines Conversations in the 1920s, and active in various other ecumenical projects including relations with the Russian Orthodox Church. He was a noted liturgical historical scholar; he was also a high churchman and a supporter of Catholic ideas. In his early writings and addresses, he emphasised the importance of spiritual life, and explained some of the liturgical revision which was then in preparation. [Wikipedia]

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